Towards A Wil’d English: First Steps
My first concrete introduction to the inherent objectifying and life-sapping tendencies of English – of coloniser languages in general – came by way of Robin Wall Kimmerer in Braiding Sweetgrass. Then, the Rewild Forum introduced me to E-Prime and a loose idea called ‘E-Primitive’, I read more of Robin’s thoughts on the topic in OrionContinue reading “Towards A Wil’d English: First Steps”
Start Birding With Zero Dollars and Zero Cents: Advice and Free Resources For Birding While Poor
So you’re interested in nature awareness practices and feel drawn to getting to know birds. You’re interested in learning to identify different species by their looks, calls, and habits, and to use that information to get to know their personalities or read other naturalists’ findings on them. You’re also poor, so when you see allContinue reading “Start Birding With Zero Dollars and Zero Cents: Advice and Free Resources For Birding While Poor”
Coming back to the ocean.
My life began near the ocean. At a hospital about twenty minutes’ drive from the coast of the Pacific, to be more precise. My Dad was the one who introduced us. He was the one who tried to explain to a marginally-interested seven-year-old how to read waves, how to see rips, how to hold aContinue reading “Coming back to the ocean.”
